Means used in accounting systems.



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A. E'. NGRTON.

MEANS USED IN ACCOUNTING SYSTEMS.

APPLwATIoNrILEDmNE-zo,1911.

Los 7W Patented May 19, 1914.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

STATEMENT No.

A. F. NORTON.

MEANS USED IN ACCOUNTING SYSTEMS.

APPLIOATION FILED JUNE zo, 1911.

Logglo. Ptented M3319, 1914.

Z SHEETS-SHEET 2.

l .LARUNAE NORTN, F LOSANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

MEATS USED ACCGUNTNG- SYSTEMS.

gpecileation of Letters Patent.

rat-entes tray le, i914'.

Application le .Tune 2G, 1911. Serial No. 634,383.

To all whom t may concern Be it known that l, AARON l?. NORTON,

' citizen of the United States residing at Los lil Angeles, in the county of os Angeles and State of California, have invented certainA new and useful improvements4 in Means Used in Accounting Systems, of which the following is aL specification.

This invention aims to disclose a novel accounting system and a novel ledger card or sheet and statement sheet, the primary aim ci the invention being to obtain at one operation, by hand or machine, two or more copies and results of different accountings, and doing so in a correct and rapid manner.

While the principle of the invention may be carried out in numerous places of accounting work, `the invention is designed primarily to save time and labor in carrying large or duplicate statements and 'entering items upon a ledger card or sheet or in a ledger.

For a full understanding of the invention reference is to be had to the following description and accompanying drawing in l Figure 1 is a plan view of a ledger card and statement sheet, embodying the invention, assembled. Fig. 2 is a similar view, a portion of the statement sheet being broken away. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the statement sheet. Fig. 4 is a transverse sec-. tional view through the ledger card and statement sheet. Fig. 5 is a similar View showing a slight modification/of the statement sheet.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and indicated in all the views of the accompanying drawing by the same reference characters.

ln the drawings there is shown a ledger card which, however, may be a ledger sheet or one leaf of a book ledger, or may be an account sheet of some other type. The ledger card, which is indicated by the numeral l, is printed upon one side with columns 2, 3, ll, 5, and 6 having the headings Datef Discountf Debits, Credits and Balance respectively, and these columns are divided transversely ol the sheet by ledger lines 7. At the left hand side of the sheet and slightly spaced from the date column 2 is a column 8 of indices which may be numerals, letters or any arbitrary symbols. One of the indices is-locatcd opposite each space between each two of the ledger lines.

There is also shown in the drawings, a statement sheet which, in the present instance, includes a leat' 9, a leaf 1:0, and a flyv ll which is integral with one lateral edge of the leaf 10, the sheet being scored or perfor-ated and folded along the line of ,union of the fly with the said leaf l0, as indicated by the numeral l2. ln a like manner, the

sheet is scored or perforated and'is folded along the line of union between the leaves 9.

14 and is printed upon one side 'with columns l5, 16, l?, 18 and i9, which have the same headings as, have the columns 2, 3, i, 5 and' 6 of the ledger card respectively, and ledger lines-20 are also printed upon the leaf i) yand'divide the columns transversely. l Indices 2l are printed in a column opposite the y ate column 15 of the statement leaf 9, one opposite each of the spaces between each two of the ledger lines.i it this point it may be stated that whereas the statement sheet herein slur-rn includes a blank leaf l0, this leaf is only or the purpose of malring a duplicate of the statement and may be omitted .if desired, e iiy il being then formed integr with the right. hand edge of the leaf 9, as shown in F ig. 5.

As shown in the drawings, debits have been entered upon the ledger card at diiiierent periods in the month of February, the last entry being opposite the indes: 8 in the column of indices indicated by thel numeral 8 upon the said ledger card. The statement leaf 9 has, in its debit column, opposite the index l of the column of indices thereon an entry of the balance or total of the 'debits onthe ledger card. The first debit for the month of March is illustrated as entered in the debit column opposite the index 2 and other entries have been made at dili'erent periods during the month of March. At the time of making the debit' entry upon the statement-sheet, a carbon sheet 22 is placed upon the ledger sheet and is of a width to cover all of the columns thereon, but to leave the column of indices exposed.

It is iirst observed that the last entry upon the ledger card for the month of February is opposite the index 8, and inasmuch as the balance or total, as entered upon the statement sheet, is opposite the index l of the 1 entry but once in order for it to appear upon.

column-of indices. thereon, the index 2 of the statement slieet must be brought oppo si 'e tbe index 91 of the ledger cerd, this be ing accomplished by placing the statement sheet upon the ledger card with the ily ll underlying the right bend side of the ledger card, and tiien sliding 'the statement sheet up or down upon the ledger card until the indices 2 and 9 olf the statement and ledger sheets, respectively, register. The entries for the month ot March may tl'xen be upon the statement sheet and Will. et sume time be mede upon the ledger oord., t Will be readily understood that tlie principle of the invention may be applied -in numerous classes ol accounting Work .and that the indices may be in the form onumerels or lettersf the alphabet, or any arl bitrary symbols or lines 'without departing from the spirit of the invention.

It will be seen at once from the foregoing description that it is necessary to make en both the statement sheet and the ledger sheet, the severa-l entries appearing upon the ledger sheet in consecutive or sequential relation without interruption, so that the ledger sheet presents a complete history of the purchases ei any particular customer, seid entries being mede upon statement sheets which run for e stated period, preferably e month. llVlien the statement sheet bes been filled lout 4it is removed and Afor- Warded to the customer, Whilel the ledger ,"slieet is, of course, retainedby the dealer for his own permenentreoord.

memo? .TL-lering thus described the invention what is claimed as new is Meanss employed in an. accounting system comprising e ledger slieet having parallel columns disposed vertically of the she-et and lines disposed longitudinally or' the sheet, each of seid lires being` numbered, the num- "bers beingA arranged one above the other; e

statement sheet having vertically disposed eoluinus on its surface duplicating the eolulnns on the ledger sheet, and longitudinal lines eorresponding to the longitudinal lines of the ledger sheet, each of seid lines being numbered, the numbers being arranged one above toe other, said statement sheet being provided with e fold disposedto embrace 'the edge of the ledger sheet whereby the y AARON F. NOR'lGN. [L s] lltnesses: i

Jessie M. Tzmnmiorr,

HUNEYmLL J. GARNMTE;

5 my signa- 

